onlyproevo wrote:I think you can only genuinely support one team, and one team early.

I support other (smaller) teams, but it's nothing compared to my support for Arsenal.

Would anyone disagree with this?

I've had to say you're right. I've only been following football for 2 years and have been torn between City and Arsenal. It's bloody strange lol and I feel I need to renounce one or the other completely sooner or later. Guess I'd have to say I'm more of a Citizen though.

I don't get the supporting two teams malarky, makes me feel odd thinking about it.

I am a Manchester United fan, have been since 1982. Went to my first match, back when going to matches was affordable, in 1983 and there's been no looking back since.

My Dad supported Manchester United he got me into them, although he had drifted away from football before I was born. Most of my family is United red, except for the odd City fan, who want to be different.

It's always been United for me, however I've been a huge watcher of the Bundesliga for several years now. Have a huge soft spot for Dortmund which goes back to seeing the likes of Koller and Rosický ripping it up at EURO 2004! Although I don't support them at all I go to watch Cork City play because they're the closest club to where I live. I don't appreciate dire football so I don't go often.

High Road wrote:It's always been United for me, however I've been a huge watcher of the Bundesliga for several years now. Have a huge soft spot for Dortmund which goes back to seeing the likes of Koller and Rosický ripping it up at EURO 2004! Although I don't support them at all I go to watch Cork City play because they're the closest club to where I live. I don't appreciate dire football so I don't go often.

Try going to watch Salthill Devon, I did once had to take myself some alcoholic beverage and a picnic as it was in the middle of nowhere in the hills of Galway. That was the last time I went to Ireland lol

Well, to add my contribution to the table, I support Sport Lisboa e Benfica. They went to the semi-final and final of europa league these past years (alongside with FC Porto and SC Braga) and we have 5 CL finals, in witch we won 3. The stadium atmosphere is called "Inferno da Luz" roughly translated to Light's Hell (the stadium name is Estádio da Luz, i believe sunderland has the Stadium of Light over there, it's the translation)...we were born in 1904 and iv'e been with the boys for two and a half years fully present, instead of just watching the games on Tv. Some matches bring the best of the fans, although most are very critical about the team and the coaches etc and i can´t stand them so i joined what you called a "firm". For us it's called "Claque", where it's only support for the team, no matter what and that's how i like it. No violence though, not for me at least.

The teams i support in europe are:
FC Bayern Munchen
Juventus
Man City
Real Madrid

I'm a Preston North End (PNE) fan, and have been since my dad took me on my first game in 1990. Enjoy the fact it's my local team, and now we're starting to bring our own players through from the youth team, it's bringing some of the local feel back. I like watching any football to be honest, but would happily watch PNE instead, but having a season ticket from 1990/91 to 2007/08 was given up when I got married and was a bit short of cash that summer.

My favourite elite team are AS Roma, after I got tickets for the Rome derby in 2003, which was the most amazing atmosphere I've experienced. I don't have a favourite Premier League team, but have friends who follow Man Utd, Everton, Arsenal and Liverpool.

I would say to anyone who follows a bigger team, to try going to as many stadiums as you can, as you can experience a matchday without feeling the nerves of watching your own team. On Boxing Day I went to Accrington Stanley v York City with a family member who's a York fan. Different atmosphere, but still the same passion, just in smaller numbers. Took me up to 83 stadiums visited too:http://www.footballgroundmap.com/wildinho23